Mohamed Sanu has quickly made his mark in the New England Patriots locker room.
The Patriots traded for the eight-year veteran earlier in the season and he’s building a rapport with everyone in the organization. Julian Edelman called him an incredible teammate a few weeks back and Bill Belichick echoed that point in his press conference on Friday.
“Yeah, great. I mean, he’s a great guy,” Belichick said. “I think he gets along well with everybody – coaches, players, offensive teammates, defensive teammates, he’s involved in the kicking game. So yeah, he’s a guy that is easy to get to know, easy to talk to and seems to fit in pretty quickly. Yeah, good teammate, definitely.”
Sanu’s statistics have significantly dropped since his first couple weeks with the team, but lingering injuries may be to blame. He had 12 catches for 104 yards and a touchdown with 19 targets in his first two games — he’s only had six catches for 31 yards with 10 targets in the last three games he’s played in.
Tom Brady had his weekly WEEI interview on Monday and talked about getting Sanu more involved with the offense.
“We were trying to get him the ball at different times, and sometimes the coverage dictated it go somewhere else. But he’s doing a great job,” Brady said. “He’s a really tough, hard-nosed guy that wants the ball. He’s competitive, and I have to do a better job finding him and getting him the ball, because he can do good things with it.”
Sanu will need to become an importance piece in this offense going forward, because Edelman has been the only reliable receiver and that’s not the formula for another Super Bowl appearance.
